Note: The following story contains spoilers from “Yellowstone” Season 5, Episode 9.
When Kevin Costner declined to return for the second half of “Yellowstone” Season 5, it left a big question hanging in the air: What would happen to patriarch John Dutton? In Sunday night’s midseason premiere, we got our answer.
“Yellowstone” has never been a subtle show, but the plot of the midseason premiere took the show’s absurdity to new heights. With a frantic Beth (Kelly Reilly) racing to the governor’s mansion only to find it crawling with cops, we pretty quickly knew something bad had gone down. Once Kayce (Luke Grimes) rolled up, they headed in and learned that (supposedly) their dad shot himself in the bathroom sometime in the middle of the night.